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Photos: Get a 1st Look at World Premiere of Theo Jamieson's Flyby Musical, Opening April 9
Co-creator Adam Lenson directs the production at the U.K.'s Southwark Playhouse Borough.
April 09, 2026 By Andrew Gans
Flyby, a new musical by Theo Jamieson, is currently making its world premiere at the U.K.'s Southwark Playhouse Borough. Get a first look at the production, which officially opens April 9, in the gallery below. Co-creator Adam Lenson is directing the limited engagement, set to continue through May 16.
Originally developed by the National Theatre, Flyby follows Daniel, a brilliant but unpredictable engineer who disappears into the void; and Emily, a fiercely intelligent documentary filmmaker with a complicated past. The narrative shifts between past and present, uncovering the tangled forces that affect the two.
Playing Emily and Daniel are, respectively, Poppy Gilbert (My Oxford Year, The Other Bennett Sister) and Stuart Thompson (Spring Awakening, Rogue Heroes), joined by Gina Beck (Wicked) as Amy Greenwood, Rupert Young (Dear Evan Hansen, Bridgerton) as Jonathan Jay, and Simbi Akande (Hamilton) as Grace Adams.
Photos: Flyby at London's Southwark Playhouse
Poppy Gilbert and Stuart Thompson in Flyby
By: Alex Brenner
Stuart Thompson and Poppy Gilbert in Flyby
By: Alex Brenner
Stuart Thompson in Flyby
By: Alex Brenner
Stuart Thompson and Poppy Gilbert in Flyby
By: Alex Brenner
Stuart Thompson and Poppy Gilbert in Flyby
By: Alex Brenner
The production also has set design by Libby Todd, lighting design by Ben Jacobs, sound design by Kelsh Buckman-Drage, costume design by Eleanor Bull, and musical direction by Ben Kubiak.
Jamieson's original musical U.Me was commissioned by the BBC and recorded with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in 2021; a sequel was commissioned and aired in 2024. In 2022 his musical The Famous Five premiered at Theatr Clyd and Chichester Festival Theatre.
Lenson’s previous directing work includes Cable Street (Southwark Playhouse Borough); Superhero, Wasted, The Rink, The Fabulist Fox Sister (Southwark Playhouse); Public Domain (Vaudeville Theatre); Songs For A New World, Whisper House, 35mm (The Other Palace); Ordinary Days (Trafalgar Studios); Little Fish, Saturn Returns (Finborough Theatre); See What I Wanna See (Jermyn Street Theatre); Dark Tourism (Park Theatre), and more.
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